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by **Santa** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:32 am

MilitiaRusher wrote:everyone seem to be praising alonso of his sheer quality when he did commit mistakes in reality. the game agaisnt boro, which we lost 2-0, i think it was their second goal when alonso's mishit pass ended up in a boro counter attack. dont get me wrong, im not suggesting that he shouldnt be chosen ahead of biscan.

next thing you'll be blaming Gerrard for losing the coin toss...wtf ??

by **LFC #1** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:36 am

agree Santa, where is the relevence in that statement? no player is perfect and hits every pass and shot perfectly, Alonso is sheer class, end of ****** story!

by **addicted norwegian** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:52 am

MilitiaRusher wrote:everyone seem to be praising alonso of his sheer quality when he did commit mistakes in reality. the game agaisnt boro, which we lost 2-0, i think it was their second goal when alonso's mishit pass ended up in a boro counter attack. dont get me wrong, im not suggesting that he shouldnt be chosen ahead of biscan.

Imo, Alonso has an, close to, unique view of the game. I believe that we haven`t had a player of his calibre, when it comes to "fotball-intelligence", since good old Jan Molby. I`m convinced that he will have great success at Anfield, and if he is fit to play in the finish of this campaign, I`m absolutely positive that he will make a great impact to the Liverpool-side. I can`t wait to see him play again :love:

Judging players by one mistake seems a bit harsh to me, after all we`ve got plenty of reasons to praise i.e. Gerrard despite his own goal in the carling cup final, even if that mistake possibly cost us some silverware

by **bigmick** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:14 am

Alonso is the best passer of a football in the Premiership by a distance in my view. He does incisive passing and simple, posession and flow keeping short passing equally well. You don't see floaty, knee high deliveries from Xabi. It's drilled at you, more often than not at your stronger foot if he's close enough to you.
The poster who likened him to Jan Molby is spot on. Molby probably carried a greater goal threat but Xabi is obviously more mobile than Jan ever was. His return is vital to us, a fantastic player. It's nice to pay big money for a bloke and then actually be able to see why you've had to dig so deep. A bit of a novelty infact for us these last few seasons.

by **109-1093441336** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:19 pm

Of al our injured players Xavi's the one i miss most, can't wait to see his Molby style distribution on the pitch again.

by **Sean** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:03 pm

Having seen Alonzo play earlier in the year I wouldn't consider the money we paid for him as being big. Lesser midfielders have cost double (e.g. Beckham) and treble (e.g. Veron) what we paid for him.

by **7_Kewell** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:29 pm

Real were interested in Alonso and i bet within 3 seasons they will come sniffing around for him...

by **Alonso_Rulz** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:14 pm

we reali miss his passing, perhaps the best passer of long balls in liverpool, let the wingers space to run havoc, and when that happens, the midfield will be open, that is when garrard comes into play.. so vital...

by **dawson99** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:20 pm

alonos is deal of the season. we saw when he was fit how good he was and how important his passing was. cant wait for him to get back

by **gerrardisgod** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:49 pm

alonso back for juventus 2nd leg will be excellent
aloso gerrard gacria and riise midfeild

wahay

by **kopite** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:17 pm

This is the team i would have for the second leg

Dudek

Finnan Carra Hyypia Traore

Biscan

Garcia Alonso Gerrard Riise

Baros :;):

by **simic_ie** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:35 pm

More than likely if Alonso was to make it back it'd be something like

Dudek
Finnan Carra Sami Traore

Alonso Biscan

Garcia Gerrard Risse

Baros

Xabi does better picking the ball up from defense and spreading the play from there.... Stevie is better pushed further forward with less defensive responsibilities

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